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I’ve found the organization that makes me smile. I’m donating a few hours a week to an arboretum, that connects people with nature. I’ve been doing this for three weeks and can see myself continuing with this goal.

It was my boyfriend’s favorite poem, and I wanted to make him smile by reciting it. Apparently he was impressed. We’ve been married a score of years.

Every February, there’s a polar bear plunge into Lake Erie for Special Olympics. It takes a special breed to want to do this. The pleasure of raising money for a quality organization was enough to make me do the plunge. I always envied the rush the jumper must feel while submerging into 34 degree water. Now I know, yes it is a rush…all I could do was smile and say “I know I’m alive!” Take the dare and enjoy the experience.